I’ve been trying to “put my arms around” the whole issue of ACE and the current attempts to shift vocational, or some portion thereof, education to the proposed Whale Branch High School.

With a few hours of research I’ve “rediscovered” that the whole issue of ACE and vocational training is not new by any means. In fact I’ve been able to trace a consistent dissatisfaction with ACE on the part of Board members back to at least 1999.

It is now July 2007, some seven years after the school board asked for, and voters approved, a new high school for northern Beaufort County. Seven years later the school finally has a site, but no design for its physical plant or education programs.

Why is that?

There’s a long list of “reasons” for the many delays but they really all boil down to one basic issue – there is no justification for this school.